> I think your harsh reaction to his thought experiment is entirely anti-intellectual. I don't think that's the case. A lot of racist or discriminating ideas c

> I think your harsh reaction to his thought experiment is entirely anti-intellectual. I don't think that's the case. A lot of racist or discriminating ideas can come from a place of "Well, my basis for thought is my own direct experience with no regard for how other people experience it or the validity of that experience." When his doubting of other peoples sense experience is solely based on his own sense experience without any interest in scientific basis or context, it's not an intellectual line of thought - it's just pseudo-intellectual rationalization for his own sense experience.